Downing Street Defends Top Truss Aide Who Is Paid Through His Lobbying Firm

Number 10 Downing Street Chief of Staff Mark Fullbrook leaving after a meeting with the new Prime Minister Liz Truss at Downing Street, London, on Sept 7, 2022. Dominic Lipinski/PA Media

Downing Street has defended Prime Minister Liz Truss’s chief of staff Mark Fullbrook after it emerged he is being paid through his lobbying company instead of directly as a government employee.

The Cabinet Office said it is “not unusual” for a special adviser to join the government “on secondment” and that his salary is paid to a “seconding company.”